Since 2012, the Vikings have had the same general manager: Rick Spielman.
In fact, Spielman was hired by the Vikings in 2006 as vice president of player personnel and later became the first true general manager for the team since the 1980’s, per NFL.com. With Minnesota, Spielman and Co. have become well known for their ability to find valuable players in the NFL Draft.
Hopefully for the Vikings, the 2020 draft will be no different. The team had 15 total draft picks, a record for a seven-round NFL Draft. They will probably need at least some of those picks to produce and become starters in order to progress next season.
Spielman and the Vikings have found value both in the early rounds and with some of the last picks in the NFL Draft. Here are his greatest hits, in terms of Career Approximate Value, as determined by Pro Football Reference.
Pro Football Reference’s Career Approximate Value stat isn’t perfect, but it’s at least OK for telling which players have been solid picks for the Vikings.